Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Looking at this past week, it would be easy to get tangled up in the anxiety we no doubt find in the church. Then, of course, we glance out and see the troubles of the weeks before: the murder of school children in Texas and black elders in Pennsylvania. And then …
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Second Best Holy Day
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This week we celebrate the second biggest feast of the church year. A feast so important it gets two names! The church calls it Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday. We know it simply as Pentecost. Obviously, number one is Easter. But from very early on, Pentecost took …
Rest and Renewal
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! There's a funny rhythm to the church calendar. We begin around Thanksgiving with the first Sunday in Advent. Which is a funny, four-week season of anticipation. It is also one that has traditions that we add to our lives, often calendars and wreathes, which we use …